The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

The Window(1949) is a Film that tells the story of a compulsive liar boy who had lied so many times that even his parent would not believe the things he said.Then one night, it just so happen that he saw a murder and everything turns loose. Overall, the Window is your average Film Noir. Full of twist and turns but always fall into something expected. It might have fallen into a more forgettable territory without the wonderful performance of child actor Bobby Driscoll. He just embodied the role and elevated it into something thrilling and exciting especially during the latter part of the film. [7/10]

The Window is a story set in New York City in 1949, starring Bobby Driscoll, the child in the movie who played Tommy's character superbly. The nine year old Tommy likes to invent stories that land him in trouble with parents and friends. On a sweltering night, he goes outside on a fire escape to get some sleep. It is there that he witnesses a crime. He tries without success to convince his parents about the crime. We see a child who knows he has misbehaved in the past but is determined to set things right. The parents are just as determined to set the boy right.The characters of Tommy and his parents live in a crumbling tenement building that becomes the scene for a dramatic climax. We witness a cast of characters drawn from a neighbourhood at the time--police officers, mailman, reporter, superintendent etc. We see kids playing in settings that would never meet the standard of today's parents. We witness the hardscrabble life of the boy's parents with the father, played by Arthur Kennedy, working graveyard shifts to support his wife and child living in the small apartment. During this event, the wife/mother, played by Barbara Hale, goes off to help her ailing sister. All in all, a little nugget of film noir. We are transported to a way of life many can still relate to with characters and settings from the time.

This film is a thriller revolving around the accusations of a boy with a vivid imagination. Tommy witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him because he has a reputation for exaggeration and story telling.Filmed in black and white, The Window does a good job of creating tension as the killers are spooked into taking action against Tommy, played by 9-year-old Bobby Driscoll. The credibility of the film depends on his performance and he does not disappoint. This film is not up to the standards of Hitchcock, but it is not far off. Fortunately, the filmmakers did not try to ratchet up the suspense by asking Bobby to emote more. Instead, they allow him to convey his fears by having him deal with the darkness and shadows of the sets. This feels more believable.The adult actors all portray their characters well. Again, there is no over-acting here. The director does not have them express emotions beyond what normal parents would feel about a child who is lying, or beyond what the killers would feel if threatened by a youngster.Though The Window is worth seeing, for better tales of unbelieved witnesses, see The Bedroom Window or the classic Rear Window.

The best thing about this little film is the claustrophobic NYC tenement landscape that is realistic and an unfiltered urban underworld of dilapidated brick and wood with rooftops and fire escapes, collapsing beams and decay. The next best thing is the child star and the supporting cast delivering somber characterizations with a modicum of hope (the struggling parents) and desperate despair (the neighbors upstairs).A movie that puts you in a noir environment of shadows and heat. Oppressive and ominous the tone is that of a closeted existence and an overwhelming sense of suspense. It is quite a contrast to the upbeat suburban surroundings that would dominate the affluent air of the 1950's materialism.One doubts that you could have set this in a barbecuing back yard with cars in the driveway and kitchens full of appliances and maintained the fear and frustration that operates in this bleak B-Movie. It was Film Noir that dared dramatize the "other side" of post war America and this is one of the last great ones to have the courage to show the flip side of the dream, that for some people was still a nightmare. It is not surprising that the bad dream solution was utilized to explain what the little boy really witnessed.An off kilter thriller that is taut, tantalizing, and terrifying.